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St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
THE w. G.. T. U.
Doings at Yesterdays Session
A FiVe-Cent.O Quarrel.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 7.-DevO-
tional exercises, led by Mrs. Hannah
Whitall Smith, opened the morning ses-
sion of the w. G. r. U. The following
bylaws were added to the cOnstitu-
ton:
No state union shall be bound by any
principles espOused, or plan devised by
the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union, except that all state
auxiliary unions must subscribe to the
total abstinence pledge and the cOnsti-
tuition of the national.
The discussion was earnest and
spirited. and the bylaw adopted by a
large majority. A wise provision for
possible vacancy of Office was made by
the following addition to the bylaws:
In case of the illness or death of the
president, the duties of her office shall
devOlve upon the general officers in the
order of their election.
Absent ones were remembered and
telegrams of sympathy sent to Mrs.
Judge Merrick, of New Orleans; Miss
Jennie Cassidy, of Louisville; Mrs.
Swift, of PENNSYLVANIA: Mrs. ST. John,
of Kansas, and Mrs. Henrietta Shelton,
of Oregon. A cablegram was sent to
Mrs. Mary B. Willard. formerly of the
Union Signal. now III Berlin, Germany
The noon prayer was led by Miss West,
of Chicago. preceded by the beautiful
hymn, ''While the Days Are Going By
In the afternoon session call for
conference of leading workers in the
cause, at Washington III February, 1888,
for the purpose of influencing legisla-
tion. was agreed to. Memorial services
in honor of deceased members was con-
Quoted. The question of payment of
dues to the National w. G. L. q. caused
a lively discussion. The Iowa and
Pennsylvania organizations refused to
accept the decision of the convention
that each member of state. organizations
must pay 10 cents per year instead of 5,
and there was some trouble as to
whether the delegates from these states
would be admitted, but they were fin
ally permitted to take their seats, but
were barred from cOntesting for the
banners
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
He Is Considering the Tariff
and the Composition of
Committees.
Text Of the Letter Sent by
President Cleveland to
Commissioner Sparl !.
Facts and Figures Regarding
the Treasury and Railway
Mail Service.
The Fisheries Conference
General News From the
National Capital.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.-Speaker Car
Isle has been in the city for several
days and is here to remain until after
congress cOnvenes. The Thoebe con-
test for his seat in congress is generally
regarded as insignificant, and no one
questions Mr.. Carlisle'S election as
speaker of the Fiftieth congress. He is
hopeful of passing tariff bill this SeS-
sion, and has devoted considerable en-
ergy to that end. He has had several
tilks with the president since his ar
rival here. Members are commencing
to come to Washington now. and many
have matters to discuss with him. He
has TO think about the formation of the
committees of the house, and there
are many other matters to occupy his
attention. so that he will have as much
as he can do up to the opening of con-
greSS. Some think that he will be able
to announce his committees before
the holidays, but it is hardly likely that
he can. The rules have to be adopted
and there is likely to be fight over
them that will take up some time. Be
sides,a hundred new members makes it
difficult to fix the committees.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
GOOD BYE TO SPARKS.
The Presidents Letter Accepting
the Commissioners Resigna-
ton.

tIOn.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-The follow
ing is the text of the presidents letter
to Commissioner Sparks accepting his
resignation:
Executive Mansion, Washington,
Nov. Is. 1SS7-HOn. William A. j.
Sparks-My Dear Sir: / have read
your letter of resignation left with ME
to-day, and also the communication adj
dressed by you to the secretary of the
interior accompanying the same. In
the present situation do not feel called
upon to determine the merits of the
controversy which has arisen between
the secretary and yourself further than
to say that my impression touching the
legal questions involved incline me to
rely, as | naturally would do even if |
had no impressions of my own, upon the
Judgment of the secretary. 1t presents
a case of Interpretation where two
perfectly. honest men may well
differ. The interest you have
shown in the operations of
the land department and your Jealous
endeavor TO save and protect the public
lands for settlers, in good faith, induce
me to believe that you will be pleased
to receive the assurance that this policy,
upon which we are all agreed, will con-
tinue to be SteadfaStly pursued, limited
and controlled, however, by the law
and the judgment of the courts, by
which we may be at times unwillingly
restrained, but which we cannot and
ought not to resist. desire to heartily
acknowledge the value of your service
in the improved administration of the
land department which has been
reached, and to assure you of my appre-
citation of the ruUupd and unyipldino
integrity which has characterized your
official conduct. | am constrained to
accept the resignation you tender with
assurances of my continued kindly feel
ing toward you. and with the earnest
wish that wherever your future way of
life may lead complete success and sat
iSfaction may await you.
Thanking you for the pleasing and
complimentary expressions with which
you close your letter, am yours very
truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
Attempted Highway Robbery.

HARTFORD, KY. Nov. 17.-Peter
Bays, a cattle dealer received cash for
check for considerable sum there
on Tuesday, and started to go home
after night, eight miles distant. Three
miles away he was halted by three men,
one of whom took his bride while the
others demanded his money. He quickly
fired on the man holding his bride, put
spurs to his horse and escaped. Yester-
day morning he returned 10 investigate
with a neighbOr. They found Harry
Flener, a respectable man of the neigh
bOrhOOd, wounded. He refused to tell
who his companions were. but said they
We're only intending to frighten Mr..
Bays. Flener was in diving condition.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
Dynamiters FOifed.

NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-Yesterday
morning David Selden, of Aqueduct-
vile, Westchester county, found pro-
truding from the walls of his house
half pound dynamite cartridge six
inches long and one inch in diameter.
Attached to il was fuse two feet long,
which had been lighted but which the
dampness of the wall had prevented
from burning. There was enough dy-
Mantle in the cartride to have blown
the house to pieces and killed the six
persons who were asleep in it at the
time. Seiden has in some way incurred
the elimity of the Aqueductville men
and on Tuesday night he heard the
sound OF voices in his yard, but was
afraid to go out Considerable lawleSS-
ness prevails among the Aqueductville
men and the residents are in constant
fear.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
A Farmers Institute.

Special to the Globe.
Browns VALLEY, Nov. fiat the
Farmers institute Supt. Gregg, DR..
Currier, William Moore, S. NJ. Owen,
editor of the Farm, Stock and Home :,
Chaplain Allison, William Dickson and
Prof. NJ. l.. Sanford, of the state uni
versity, are the instructors. Mr.. Gregg
successfully opened the work last even
ing in the Baptist church, where the
regular lectures are given. The. day
session is in the Masonic hall. Mr..
Owen lectured tonight on Things Old
and New" Miss Sanford also gave a
short address, and Friday evening
lectures on Double Economy" The
institute here is the initial effort for the
season, ano promises much for the bene-
fit of our farmers and business people
generally.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
A Woman Murdered.

PITTsBURG, Pa. Nov. IA Youngs-
town. o., special says: Early this
morning wOrkmen discovered the nude
remains of young woman lying in
shallow pool of water just outside the
city, near the HaZelton e LeetOnia rail
road. The remains were identified as
those of Mabel Patterson. alias Nellie
Shipley. Yesterday morning she was
arraigned before Mayor Steele on a
charge of drunkenness and discharged
on promise to leave the city. Last
night she visited several saloons in COM
pany with stranger, but parties assert
when last.seen she was not intoxicated.
The girl was twenty years of age and
lived in Warren, 0. Her clothing was
found near her naked body. Its condi-
ton indicated struggle. and that after
being choked to death the girls body
had been thrown into the pool of water.
A searching investigation is being made
by the coroner
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
A SPLENDID RECORD
Made by the Railway Mail Service
Under Democratic Administra-

tiOn.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Tlre annual
report of L. A. Nash. general superin-
tendent of the railway mail service,
shows that at the close of the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1887, mail service had
been authorized upon l3O,9j9 miles of
railroad, postal clerks being employed
distributing the mail on 1869 miles,
service on the remaining 1850 miles
being performed by closed pouches. At
the same date there were in operation
forty-One inland steamboat routes, ag-
gregating 5.S64 miles, on which postal.
clerks were employed. To handle the
mails while In transit there were en-
plOyed on railroad routes 4,403 and on
way postal clerks, being total
of 4.4G0 men. While in the
performance of their duty the
postal clerks OH railroads travelled tir
crewS) 107, ,061.6i3 miles. and those en-
plOyed on steamboats, 1,SfjS.747 miles.
During the year the railway postal
clerks distributed 1874 ,6!,O, ,S75 pieces of
ordinary mail matter, and protected, re-
corded, receipted for and dispatched 49,
752, 500 registered packages and cases,
and 950,6i3 through registered pouches
and inner registered sacks. During the
year 7,213 miles of new railroad service
have been added. being an increase of
$50 per cent. The lines on which
service was performed by clerks show
an increase of 1886 miles. or 5.37 per
cent Lines supplied by closed
pouches were increased $50 per
cent. Inland steam boat routes
decreased from - to fl, and
the length of routes from 5,95l.53 miles
to 5.S64.S9. The total number of clerks
in the service at the close of the fiscal
year 1886 was 1913 on June -. 1887. In
1856 there were handled by clerks in the
railway mail service of letters, ordinary
mail matter. registered packages.
through registered pouches and inner
registered sacks, 5.345,36,04, and in
1887 5.S51. .394. .051, being an increase of
505.54S,0 ,0l3 pieces. During the year
5,S51 .394, ,051 pieces of all classes of mail
matter were handled and out of this
number |. .77:}4.6IG errors in distribution
were found. making one error for each
3,313 pieces handled. The expenditures
for the service during the year aggrc-
gates sl.713.391, leaving S94.60S of the
appropriation uneXpended. For the
next fiscal year S303l. .2sS is asked.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
ASKED TO RESIGN.
A Minister Loses His job by Com
paring the Anarchists to Christ.

NEW YoRK, Nov. 17.-In this W ,ek's
issue of the New York Ledger appears
eald from Hartford, Conn, which
saws:
4 petition was circulated to-day and
freely signed by members of the Unity
church, calling a special meeting to
take action in relation to Rev. J. Kim
bali, the pastor, who has created con-
teaapt in his Sunday sermon comparing
the Chicago anarchists with the Savior
Since the sermon the public has shown
its disapproVal of the course taken by
Pastor kimball. and there will be call
for his resignation. He has been pastor
of the church eight years, and is promi-
neht in the Unitarian denomination.
Last Sunday he preached from the text
about Christ before PLATE and the cry
of the mob to ''crucify him" In open
ing he said:
''fheSe words were written of an
event which occurred more than 800
years ago, and of a person who is now
worsilipped throughout large part of
ChristendOm as another God. and yet
how accurately they describe what has
occurred the past week with reference
10 the despised Chicago anarchists and
the state of popular feeling which has
led to their death. Their teachings,
their acts and their execution are only
the first red-lined chapter of what is to
be a whole thousand-page volume of the
worlds history"
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
A Failure at Ashland.

Special 10 the GIObe.
ASHLAND, Wis, Nov. 17.-CoheD,
Finn q Co.. the oldest dry goods dealers
in the city, made voluntary assign
ment to-day; assets, $4,000; liabilities,
$4,000. The heaviest creditors are:
j. V. Farwell & Co., Chicago, $4,000;
Michaels, Stern Il Co., Rochester, n. Y,
81, 500; Straw, Ellsworth d Co, Mil
waukee, $500: j. II. Rice u Friedman,
Milwaukee,, $l,5OO; Goldsmith 81 Co.,
$1,000; Auerbach, Finch & Co.. st. Paul,
$500. Cohen. Finn & Co. have been i'm
business here twelve years, ,and say they
will be able to meet all debts dollar for
dollar. The cause of the failure was
the firms inability to sell property to
meet bills except at a sacrifice.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
THE TREASURY.
Revenues and Expenditures of the
Government for the Fiscal Year
Ended June 30.

Government for the Fiscal Year
Ended June 80.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE annual
report of Mr.. James w. Hyatt, treasurer
of the United States, shows that the rev.
enues for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1887, were S37l, ,403.277, and the ordinary
expenditures S267, 1872, 179. the surplus
receipts available for the reduction of
the public debt being Sl03, Al ,097. As
compared with the previous year. the
receipts increased S34 ,963,5 ,559. the ex-
penditures S25, ,4i9, ,041, and the surplus
revenues SASH, ,503. There was an in
crease in every item of revenue, the
largest being in the receipts faom Gus
toms. The largest increase in the exl
the Indians and pensions, and
the largest decrease on account
of interest on the public debt.
The receipts of the pOStoffice depart
ment amounted to S54. .752, ,347, and the
expenditures to $53.5S3, ,S35. The reve-
nueS, exclusive of deficiency appropria-
tiOnS, increased $500 40. and the eyl
penditures S2,90l, ,249. The amount
drawn from the treasury to make good
the deficiencies in the postal revenues
was S6,969, l3S, as against SS,1l4.4 422 in
1856. The operations of the year in
vOlved the redemption of S127, ,9l1 $50 in
United States bonds, of which 5.S94.-
200 was on account of the sinking fund;
the issue of nearly 100000 drafts and
checks: the redemption of upwards of
S1g3, ,OO0.000 in United States paper cur
rency and national bank notes: and the
handling of S192 100000 in United States
bonds deposited or withdrawn by Ma
tional banks. Statements of the assets
and liabilities of the treasury are given
for the close of the fiscal
year, and for Sept. 80 and
Oct. 81. 1887, in comparison with
the same days last year. The largest
increase in any item of assets during
the year ended Sept. 80 was Sd. SO. .62;}
III gold coin and bullion, and the larg-
est-decreaSe S26, 143, Isl in silver dollars
and bullion. The largest increase in
the liabilities was in the fund for the
retirement of national bank notes,
which ran up from S55,6l2.547 TO SlO2,-
265, ,7S7.
THE AVAILABLE BALANCE
decreased $36. l52, ,524. and the total bal
ance, including fractional silver and
minor coin, fell of S2S,236, 9jl. During
the year ended Oct. 81, the gold bal
ance increased g. - 1858. the silver
balance decreased <2l,2S7.7772, and the
total balance ran up, Sl.9J9.2S3. The
total assets at the end of this period,
exclusive Of certificates and other obli-
cations held as cash. were S3l9, 190, 965,
and the total liabilities S262. .432.-
2iD. The statement of United
States notes outstanding shows
that between June 50. 1884. and Sept.
50, 1851. the circulation of one and two
dollar notes ran down from Sjl 800, ,000t0
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18

Special 10 the Globe.
WABAsHA, Mimi, Nov. 17.-In the
district court to-day the grand jury
brought in an Indictment against II. E.
Robinson, village marshal of Mazeppa,
charging him with assault with dam
gerous weapon. The case of the state
against William Pool, charged with as
sault with intent to murder, occupied
the attention of the court yesterday and
to-day. The jury retired at 3 O'Clock,
and i'll fifteen minutes brought in
verdict of guilty of assault in the sec
Ond degree. Pool is the young man
who last summer waylaid his brother
in-law, w. f. Strickland in the woods
and opened fire on him with rifle, kill
ing his horse and wounding him
severely. 1t was clearly an attempt to
commit cold bleOded murder and he will
undoubtedly serve long time in Still
wafer
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
TARRED AND FEATHERED.
How Southern People Treat the
Apostles of POIygamy.

Apostles of Polygamy.
CALERA, Ala, Nov. 17.-For the past
three months a party of six Mormon
elders have been prOSelyting in this
section and also at several small towns
across the Georgia border. Several con
VertS were made at the latter places, and
thc Indignation and wrath of the people
could hardly be suppressed when on last
Sunday four women and two men left
their homes and made public their in
tentiOn of going to Utah. The people
then rose up at once and gave the elders
notice to leave town instantly. They
refused at first, but Monday night two
OF them were taken out and tarred and
feathered, and the next night two others
were chased into the woods by hounds.
and kept in the trees ali night. The
elders left the next day. The con-
VertS are now missing also. If the eid-
erS return there they will be shot at
sight. The MOrmonS then moved to
Alabama and began work in the lower
part of the county among the ignorant
country people. They were more SUE
ceSsful there, and have already baptized
a dozen or more. Tuesday, while Elders
Mower and Sease were conducting
meeting at log school house, fifty
armed men dragged them from the pull
Dit. They were carried into the woods,
the mob threatening to hang them at
every step. but Oh the intercesSiOn OF
friends they were released Oh their writ
ten promise to leave the county in
tWenty-fOur hours. Death was the alter
native if they returned. bolh left tnat
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
ONLY \ CONFERENCE.
The Fisheries Commission With
ont Much Legal status

WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.-SOme con-
fusion exists as TO the functions OF the
fisheries commission, which is about to-
meet here, due probably to the fact that
commissions" have hitherto been
created only by treaty. and have had
final jurisdiction over the matterssub-
mitted to them. whether for the settle
ment of boundaries or the adjustment
of claims for damages. The present
commission cones together with no
more power than that of free confer
ence upon question which has prac-
tically been an open one as long 9s this
country has had an existence. Briefly
stated, it has been from tie beginning
the claim of the United States that
whatever privileges the treaties with
Great Britain recognized as due to
Americans were original rights, and
were not in any sense grtnts or con-
Continued on F0Ex tk Page.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
A Double killing.

TEXARKANA, Tex. Nov. 17.-GeOrge
W. Russell, the largest cotton planter
in this section, was fatally wounded
last evening by negro at Garland City,
Ark, twenty miles east of here. The
negro had been tenant of Rassell'S,
and was indebted to him. In the heat
OF conversation about the negrO's debt,
Russell assumed belligerant attitude,
WhereupOn the negro rushed upon him
with large bowie knife and plunged it
into his bowels. Russell was unarmed,
but his young son Rube. who witnessed
the attack, ran to neighboring store
and grabbing shotgun discharged both
barrels into the negro, killing him on
the spot. Russell has since died. He
had amassed a fortune estimated at
S20O.0OO.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED.
Settlers and Railway Get Into a
Middle.

Special to the Globe
EAU CLAIRE, Nov. E.-Notification
was addressed to-day by the Eau Claire
United States land Office to the Wiscon-
sin Central Railroad company that
eighteen homestead entries and pre-
emption filings, covering 1850 acres of
land, have been made at this Office upon
lands in the Wisconsin Central indenl-
nifty belt, pursuant to the revocation or
indemnity Withdrawals by the interior
department, and giving the railroad
thirty days to show cause why such en-
tries and filings should not stand. Mos
OF the land entered and filed upon lies
in Taylor county. and great deal of it
bears valuable timber, which can be
easily logged and banked. These lands
have been entered in the teeth of re-
peated warnings, in newspaper, circu-
lars, handbills and posters, in which the
railroad company has threatened "proS-
ecutiOn to the full extent Of
the law" against all persons attempting
to settle on any lands selected and
claimed by the company in its indem-
nifty limits. As the average settler is
more afraid of railroad company than
he is of the government, it is wonder
that so many entries and filings have
Deell Hldue. lie nOtlUcatlOn TO the rall-
road company combined all the eases to
date in order to dispose of as many as
possible at one time, as all involve sub
Stantially the same questions. AS the
attitude of the railroad company is un-
derstoOd by land office officials, the
cOmpany's claim in opposition to the
claims or the settlers will rest upon the
fact that the land is covered by pending
selections, although the selections may
not have been approved and certified by
the government. According to the
claims of Wisconsin Central officials, the
company will be found to be fortified by
patents from the state of Wisconsin. is
sued in advance of certifcatiOn from
Washington. When the cases referred
to come up, they will be of considerable
interest as square fight between the
settlers and the railroad company, uIl- :
less in the meantime the interior de-
partment takes action in regard to the
WincOnsin Central lands, which will
give that co ;.pany as complete victory
as the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & >
Omaha won in spite of Sparks. If the
Wisconsin Central is beaten in many of
these cases, further complications arc
likely to arise from the fact that the :
railroad company has, in many eases,
sold the timber and allowed the land to
be denuded.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
Court at Faribault.
Special to the Globe.

SpbCIdI
FARIBAULT. Nov. 1.-THE grand
jury has returned indictments againts
Edward Kelley, E. Overfeldt and John
Heath for burglary in the second de-
gree. The following cases have been
disposed of. viz: j. I'll. Case, executor,
VS.. Frank Marot, no cause of action,
judgment for defendant; Symner ThOre-
son VS.. German Insurance company. dis
missed; Charles PrOdell VS.. &. w. Ehle,
George A. Pillsbury, J. S. Pillsbury
ants; NJ. B. Scott, administrator, VS..
Harry ID. Hathaway, verdict for plain
tiff: b. B. Williams vs.Agust Ebel, now
ON trial
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18

the families of the anarchists who were,
hanged last week and of the two in
RT%SSa % Gegan Ct g naper rns apaea apa
who have been dumb witnesses of a
most outrageous judicial murder, you
who dared not raise your voice, you who
were too timid to speak for the living
it is for you to at least do your duty by
the dead to care for the helpless widows
and orphans. And you also, men of the
other class; you have reached your aim;
your thirst for blood is quenched: you
have had your revenge; five men are en-
closed by the grave, three by prison
walls. Perhaps some of you may now
begin to feel that an injustice is to be
atOned for"
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-18
Death Before Arrest.

Special TO the Globe.
DEs MONIES, TO-, Nov. IA Knox
vile, To-, special says: Early this
morning the sheriff of Marion county
and the marshal of Pleasantville, went
out to the residence of Lewis Reynolds,
a mile and half southeast of Pleasant
vile, to arrest his son, John Reynolds,
charged with the crime of forgery and
obtaining money under false pretenSeS.
He refused to be arrested and drew a
revolver and shot himself in the fore
head, dying instantly. The warrant for
his arrest had been telegraphed from
Kansas. where his home is, and where he
has wife and several children. The
deceased was thirty-five or forty years
of age.